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A custom tasting table was designed with a wine-colored wood panel that flows throug its center.

Wine case tops decorate cork wallpaper while custom cabinets and barn doors conceal infrastructure.

Merit Award: Specialty Space

Shea Studio Interiors Inc.

June Shea turned the low-height basement of an 1812 Alexandria row house into a European-style wine cellar. “The owners wanted to accommodate 400 bottles and up to six people for tastings,” she recalls. “They also wanted space for a washer/dryer, an HVAC closet and a daybed.” Removing the drywall ceiling to expose beams and timbers added height and ambiance. PVC pipes were replaced by copper and a former well was encased in concrete and topped with granite to form a table. Custom pendants by an artisan found on Etsy are made from wine bottles.

"A high-function solution replaces simplistic basement origins."
Skip Sroka, jurist

Interior Design: June Shea; Bonnie Cowan, Shea Studio Interiors Inc. Contractor: N Time Design, LLC.

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